Hand-rubber.



H. MARSHALL.

HAND RUBBER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1911.

Patehi -11 Jan. 29, 1918 INVENTOR WITNE-S$SS I is? ATTohNEY 3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MARSHALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB OE ONE-HALF TO EDMUND V.

- GRIMES, OF NEW YORK, H. Y.

HAND-RUBBER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hexny MaRsHALL, a citizen of the United States of America residingat New York city, in the county of New lork and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Rubbers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates. to hand rubbers and has for its principal object the, provision of a dev'se of this character which is designed foryise in connection with laundry apparatus such as wash boards 'or the like and is designed to grip a mass of clothes and maintain an arrangement of the. same relatively to the rubbingsurface of a wash board whereby the clothes can be thoroughly worked over the surface of the board without necessitating thebringing of the hands of, the operator in contact therewith.

Another ob ect of the invention is.topro-.

vide a device of this character in which a 1 novel form of clamp is employed for .holding the clothes in engagement with the rubbing surface of the device, the same being adjustable whereby to accommodate itself to various conditions.

\Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the nature of the, invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement of parts which will-hereinafter be fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings. has been illustrated. a single and preferred form of the invention. it being, however. understood that no limitations are necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim mav be resorted to when desired.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the device.

Fig. '2, is a transverse section therethrough. y i

Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section through a portion of the device showing the manner of ndjustably associating the clamp therewith.

The device consists of a block or head 1, having rigid handles 2-2 at its ends which are designed to be grasped by the hands of the operator in order that the head 1, can be arranged substantially in flat contact Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1918.

Application filed m 10, 1917. Serial m1. 119,143.

with the rubbing surface of an ordinary wash board. T e said head is provided upon its opposite sides with elastic rubbing elements 3 angl 4, the former having longi 'tudlnal ribsfi, 11ml the latter short and continuous, longitudinal ribs is better designed for coarser or heavier fabrics. In either instance it is intended to construct these elements of suitable yieldable material which will serve to grip the clothes and ieldingl support the same against the rubing sur ace of a washboard as the device is reciprocated up and down.

In order thata mass of clothes ma be held in engagement with either one of the elements 3 or 4, a clamp 6, is employed. the

same having a longitudinal branch 7, which is disposed in parallel relation to the adja- 7 cent side of the head 1, and parallel side passages 9+9, formed in said head 1,

whereby the said portion 7, of the clamp tween said head 1, and said portion 7, and.

arranged under one of the selected elements 3 or 4. The said arms 99. are provided with angular extensions l0l0. which are adapted to come in contact with the adjacent cdge of the head 1, so as to limit the sliding movement of theclamp in one direction and positively prevent the side branches of the clamp from escaping from their guidepassjages 9-9. The extensions 10, are disposed adjacent to the hand grips 2, so that theymay be engaged by the hand, and the clamp 6, equallyand conveniently released from engagement with the clothes. The said clamp is constructed from a single piece of wire and is preferably covered with a continuous piece of rubber to wing, Said rubber tubing. acts to induce friction between the head 1, and the arms 88,whereby to securely cause the clamp to maintain a fixed osition against the clothes when the device is in operation. It thus follows that the clamp 18 adapted to be adjustedto many dill'erent positions according to the bulk or mass of clothes to be accommodated between arms 8--8 which slidably extend through arq placed under the head 1,

- The clamp than adjmlud the bar'7, nud the adjacent adgo of the lu'arl 1, as will heunclerstnod; v r

In use the clothes (0 ha (lpuralcrl upun and turn|iuall-\ and said huacl.. s as to ln-ing the bar 7, 1n clamping rngagvmum with the clothes. The device is thn'ruady tn he recipro'catrdup and (ham m crtl'iuruhhing surface pf an ordinary wash lmard or imila r washing a )paratus. been fouurl to save C(lllfiltlfllillllt. lalmr; the clothes can -n: thumughlv washed in a rmn-l paratively sh-irL t'imu am] cqlnpal'ali\'L'l |iL- tle injury-is dumm lhuliands (if; thu npcrator. Through the :nirangmm-nt described the hands can he hvhl nut If l'lircut cuutacl with "in rnhl'ling surfin-r nf Hfn Imam].

extended belwr'ca the bar 7,

rclatirly'l'd'thr hratL amil an ulastll) tubing lilt ng; all urliu s of the bar and 111 a relatively lixugl prisitiupwvlw'n with tlw'clnthus. In tust-inunry\rharoul lallixmy si 'hal'iuru. 

